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London: Double Olympic champion Yelena Isinbayeva is to take a break from sport to have a child before she considers a comeback for the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics, the Russian pole vault queen said Tuesday. Isinbayeva, 30, won the bronze medal at the London Olympics Monday, and took it…
There were no tears at the end of this reign, no face buried in her hands, sobbing. Yelena Isinbayeva has abdicated her Olympic pole-vaulting throne after consecutive victories in Athens and Beijing. But she stepped down at Olympic Stadium Monday with laughter and a bronze-medal-winning lap of the track with …
Sometimes the Olympics do not follow the required script. The great Russian was meant to become the first woman in history to win three successive Olympic crowns, and Bleasdale, who once idolised her, was supposed to confirm her potential as the next great vaulting champion by claiming her first medal at the…
Russian diva Yelena Isinbayeva goes for a third Olympic gold medal on Monday, aiming to prove she remains the undisputed queen of women’s pole vaulting. The 30-year-old world record holder, who has suffered some bitter defeats during the last three seasons, sailed through qualification, needing only two vaults to secure…
Crowning Achievement HELSINKI, Finland, July 12, (AP): Some track stars, Usain Bolt comes to mind, almost ask to be mobbed. Others, more like Yelena Isinbayeva, inspire respectful reverence. When Isinbayeva went shopping for sports gear at a mall in downtown Helsinki recently, several customers watched from afar and snapped a…
Familiar faces back for more at the Olympics Phelps, Bolt, Suhr are among the returnees looking to enhance their Olympic legacies. The women’s pole vault could be among the highlights of the Games. It’s an attractive sport with a flamboyant defending champion in Isinbayeva, a strong American challenger in Suhr,…
Oh, Holly Bleasdale. Hasn’t anyone schooled you on the history of the pole vault as it pertains to Yelena Isinbayeva? Apparently not. Following an unceremonious season debut at the Diamond League Herculis meeting in Monaco in which Isinbayeva did what she always does – lay around and wait for her…
Russian pole vault queen Elena Isinbayeva says she’s physically and mentally ready for London 2012, despite a disappointing display at the Diamond League event on Friday. Isinbayeva missed out on the podium in Monaco after failing in all three attempts on the starting 4.70-meter mark. “I was ready to jump,…
Moscow – Russia’s pole vault world record holder Yelena Isinbayeva is confident of soaring to new heights at the Olympics after suffering a series of setbacks in the last three seasons. Isinbayeva heads to London boosted by gold in the 2012 World Indoor Championships and happy she has regained her…
